Once you needed focus just to watch TV… no tape; no disc; no stream to rewind and play a section over. No internet to review the show on… just your one shot as it played (and perhaps months later a re-run)… I was watching “Empire” and found myself reaching for the remote before I remembered it was playing real time. Back in the day… I would give my complete attention to a show; now I can count on instant replay in some form or another.
Old B & W movies. You are right; color does take something away. I always liked and still like B & W photography much better. I think of the dramatic photos Ansel Adams made, nearly all B & W.
Like your typewiter. Looks very similar to my 1947 and 1950 standard. If I would have been placed on an Underwood in typing class instead of an Olympia I would have loved typing. Nothing beats those neat old Underwood typewriters.